8 Amendments of Gerardo GALEOTE related to 2008/2334(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Requires the Commission to closely monitor the economic measures taken by Member States, so as to ensure that these do not violate free market competition, which has been an essential pillar of European integration and economic development since its foundation;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the proposed changes to the implementation rules aiming to increase the flexibility of the Structural Funds and to adapt them to meet the needs of the extraordinary economic circumstances. Nevertheless,; encourages the Commission to look at the possibility of simplifyingon the simplification of the existing instruments;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission and Member States to ensure that the measures adopted to accelerate, simplify and make more flexible the implementation of the structural and cohesion funds do not diminish their responsibility to control their implementation.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3b (new)
Paragraph 3b (new)
3b. Is particularly concerned by the asymmetric territorial impact of the crisis across the European territory, and urges the Commission and the Member States to take due account of the territorial cohesion objective in planning and implementing concrete measures to combat the economic crisis; asks, in particular, the Commission to ensure a suitable geographical balance when presenting the list of specific projects, requested by the European Council for strengthening investment in infrastructure and in energy efficiency;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of employment and business support measures for a successful economic recovery; calls on Member States to make wide use of Structural Funds to promotsecure job creation, small to medium-sized enterprises (and to promote SMEs) and entrepreneurship;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages Member States to make more frequent use of the possibilities made available by the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and in particular the financial instruments JESSICA and JEREMIE, as well as the recently created Jasmine Initiative to develop microfinance institutions in Europe in support of growth and employment; underlines also the importance of JASPERS for project preparation;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7a (new)
Paragraph 7a (new)
7a. Calls for adequate detailed criteria and standards to be developed for close monitoring and permanent reassessment of the effectiveness of the recovery plans at national and regional level, bearing in mind that the full extent of the crisis cannot yet be totally assessed;